Oct 1957 - Jun 1963
4.7
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S3 Ep8
8.3
10th Sep 1959
Grampa pumps up a stream of trouble working in George's gas station. Grampa: Walter Brennan. George: Andy Clyde. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S4 Ep18
8.0
2nd Mar 1961
Grampa has a beef with the Army: they've taken one of his cows. Lieutenant: Leonard Stone. Colonel: Addison Richards. Sergeant: Nicky Blair. Grampa: Walter Brennan.
S4 Ep16
8.0
16th Feb 1961
Luke feels low when he hears Kate is living it up in Bakersfield. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S4 Ep12
8.0
19th Jan 1961
Grampa grudgingly accepts a horse as payment for a loan. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Frank: Robert Foulk. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S3 Ep27
8.0
3rd Mar 1960
Little Luke fills a tall order when he takes Agnes to the school dance. Agnes: Lynette Winter. Little Luke: Michael Winkelman. Mary Lou: Sherry Alberoni. Grampa: Walter Brennan.
S3 Ep24
8.0
4th Feb 1960
Little Luke's prize-winning essay reveals a dark secret about Grampa (Walter Brennan). Little Luke: Michael Winkelman. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S3 Ep6
8.0
27th Aug 1959
Grampa and George are rivals in an important lodge election. George: Andy Clyde. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S2 Ep8
8.0
18th Dec 1958
Grampa's sales pitch persuades Luke to coach the little leaguers. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. McGinnis: Willard Waterman.
S2 Ep3
7.8
23rd Oct 1958
When Kate is unsuccessful in trying to teach Luke to dance, she finally talks him into taking dancing lessons, much to Grampa's disgust. When Kate discovers the dancing teacher is a very attractive young lady, she becomes jealous.
S3 Ep7
7.7
3rd Sep 1959
Grampa sweet-talks a marriage-minded spinster out of a foreclosure. Walter Brennan. Bertha: Minerva Urecal.
S4 Ep7
7.5
1st Dec 1960
The family is pampering Grampa---much to his disgust. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Sam: Charles Seel. Hassie: Lydia Reed.
S3 Ep22
7.5
7th Jan 1960
The McCoys take in George's visiting cousin---who soon takes over the whole house. Naomi: Verna Felton. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S3 Ep21
7.5
24th Dec 1959
In a race for town councilman, Grampa manages George's campaign---and ends up favoring the opposition. Grampa: Walter Brennan. George: Andy Clyde. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S3 Ep14
7.5
5th Nov 1959
Little Luke spends a night in a haunted house---and finds he's not alone. Vern: Jimmy Baird. Little Luke: Michael Winkelman. Luke: Richard Crenna. Lennie: Stephen Wootton.
S3 Ep9
7.5
17th Sep 1959
Grampa charts a course of action to prevent jets from flying over his house. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S3 Ep10
7.3
24th Sep 1959
Grampa gives a widow the business while teaching her to run a cafe. Mrs. Meade: Sarah Selby. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S1 Ep9
7.3
28th Nov 1957
Grampa McCoy and his archrival George MacMichael enter a fishing contest. With the discovery that California fish are elusive if not intelligent, Grampa almost resorts to cheating.
S1 Ep8
7.3
21st Nov 1957
Luke and Kate urge Grampa to invite Flora MacMichael as his date to attend the Valley Ranchers annual fall dance and box supper. Grampa will have none of it until he hears that Flora is the best cook in the county.
S1 Ep1
7.3
3rd Oct 1957
The McCoys move from Smokey Corners, West Virginia., to a ranch in Fernando Valley, Calif., which Grampa McCoy has inherited from his brother Ben. They have also inherited Pepino, a ranch hand, and they meet their neighbors, Flora and George MacMichael. But Grampa finds himself homesick for ""West Virginny.""
S1 Ep10
7.2
5th Dec 1957
The McCoys' neighbor Mrs Webster asks their support in her race for a seat on the City Council, but Grampa feels women have no place in politics. When he learns it is necessary to read and write in order to vote, he tries various subterfuges to pass the reading test. His innate honesty prevails, and he also assists the neighbor in her political ambitions.
S1 Ep6
7.1
7th Nov 1957
Grampa thinks he's made a sharp business deal when he sells some useless farm land, until he finds out the freeway is going through that part of their land. Luke and Kate feel Grampa has been swindled -- but Grampa's native honesty saves the day for the McCoys.
S1 Ep2
7.1
10th Oct 1957
The McCoys start a roadside eggstand and, inadvertently, an egg war with neighbor Harry Poulson.
S6 Ep21
7.0
17th Feb 1963
Aunt Win uses feminine trickery while campaigning for Grampa. Aunt Win: Joan Blondell. Grampa: Walter Brennan.
S6 Ep7
7.0
11th Nov 1962
Taina Engstrom, a Hollywood actress escaping from her hectic existence, finds peace and quiet at the McCoy farm and discovers that Luke has developed a strong attachment to her. Grandpa grasps the true situation and plans, with Tiana, to prevent Luke from receiving a major disappointment.
S5 Ep28
7.0
3rd May 1962
Grampa believes Cousin Sarah needs help with her marriage. Sarah: Virginia Gregg. Harry: Edward Andrews. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S4 Ep39
7.0
28th Sep 1961
George hires a housekeeper who sweeps him off his feet. Miss Burns: Paula Winslowe. George: Andy Clyde. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Clarissa: Lee Patrick.
S4 Ep27
7.0
11th May 1961
Home from the hospital, Kate tries to resume her household tasks. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Hassie: Lydia Reed.
S4 Ep10
7.0
22nd Dec 1960
The McCoys learn that George has not named Grampa in his will. Grampa: Walter Brennan. George: Andy Clyde. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S3 Ep29
7.0
17th Mar 1960
The children take advantage of the situation when Grampa becomes disciplinarian. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Hassie: Lydia Reed. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Little Luke: Michael Winkelman.
S3 Ep28
7.0
10th Mar 1960
Troubles flow when Grampa and George think they've struck oil. George: Andy Clyde. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S3 Ep19
7.0
10th Dec 1959
The scene is set for trouble when Grampa refuses to buy a television. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Sam: Jon Lormer. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S3 Ep17
7.0
26th Nov 1959
Grampa paints a rosy future for his artist pal---and himself. Grampa: Walter Brennan. George: Andy Clyde. Flora: Madge Blake. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S3 Ep16
7.0
19th Nov 1959
A stream of arguments scuttle Grampa's plan to build a boat. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Harvey: David Mortashed. Luke: Richard Crenna. Hassie: Lydia Reed.
S6 Ep4
4.0
21st Oct 1962
The wiles of a smooth-talking saleswoman embroil Luke in a roofing paint swindle that involves several of the McCoys' neighbors. Luke soon finds himself in such an embarrassing predicament that he needs the help of Grandpa to rescue him from it.
S6 Ep14
4.0
30th Dec 1962
A winsome dance instructor tricks Luke into signing up for a 20-year dance course. It is up to Grandpa to rescue him from this embarrassing situation with a devious plan that involves Grandpa's signing up for the course, too. He also saves George, who likewise was tricked into taking the course.
S6 Ep15
4.0
6th Jan 1963
Luke gets a hair-raising ride in an airplane that leaves him dizzy when he tangles with a crop duster over the affections of a wealthy girl from Texas, and winds up on the short end.
S2 Ep31
5.0
7th May 1959
Grampa is aiming for the prize Kate may win in a homemaker contest. Amanda: Marjorie Bennett. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S2 Ep34
5.0
21st May 1959
A paint salesman gives the McCoys the brush---after swindling them. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S5 Ep25
5.0
12th Apr 1962
When Grandpa is entrusted with $200 belonging to Pepino, he can't resist the temptation to settle a few of the McCoy's past due bills. Luke and Kate berate him for violating his trust. Then an unexpected liquid asset turns to straighten things out.
S6 Ep5
5.0
28th Oct 1962
Grandpa becomes involved with diplomatic relations and the U.S. State Department when a foreign nation's farm tour visits neighbor George's ranch and Grandpa pursuades the group to detour by the McCoy farm. At first it appears Grandpa has committed a colossal faux pas, but his apparent blundering develops unexpected consequences.
S6 Ep8
5.0
18th Nov 1962
Grandpa proves an easy target for Mrs. Gaylord, an ambitious housekeeper who hopes her new position in the McCoy household may lead to a more permanent position for her unmarried daughter. The daughter, Mary, turns out to be an extremely healthy specimen who immediately makes a play for Luke.
S6 Ep9
5.0
25th Nov 1962
Grandpa and Luke are left with an unproductive hired helper when Pepino apparently inherits a valuable Arizona estate. He warms up his romance with an old girlfriend and brings a flood of salesmen to his doorstep.
S6 Ep10
5.0
2nd Dec 1962
Afraid that Grandpa will disapprove, Luke pretends that the girl veterinarian secretly treating their ailing cow is one of his new girlfriends. When Grandpa learns that Luke's ""romance"" is actually only trying to cure Agnes, the sick cow, he explodes, ordering the girl off his property.
S6 Ep11
5.0
9th Dec 1962
Luke lands the enjoyable job of teaching calisthenics at a ladies' health club. Grandpa decides that Luke's presence there may attract some business for the McCoy roadside fruit stand. Grandpa then surreptitiously tempts the dieting health club enrollees with a variety of tasty fruit products, thus undermining the efforts of unsuspecting Luke.
S6 Ep12
5.0
16th Dec 1962
Grandpa and George take turns at playing Cupid when their respective farmhands, Pepino and Pedro, find themselves competing for the same girl. Grandpa steps into the romantic triangle because it turns out that Pepino's working efficiency suffers as he loses favor with his girlfriend, Chiquita.
S6 Ep16
5.0
13th Jan 1963
Luke discovers a new romance when he meets an attractive widow, Louise Howard, after her runaway cow tramples the McCoy cornfield. Grandpa connives to promote a romance between Luke and Louise in a most surprising way.
S6 Ep18
5.0
27th Jan 1963
Grandpa bristles at Sir Fergus, head of the Scottish branch of the McCoy family, when he arrives and proceeds to exercise all the authority of the Laird of the Clan. Grandpa's anger erupts when Sir Fergus extends his influence to Grandpa's pet goose, Floyd. Grandpa begins one of his devious plots to oust the Scotch usurper from his position of power.
S6 Ep25
5.0
17th Mar 1963
Luke and Louise feel they have a real problem with Greg, who is addicted to telling fantastic stories about imaginable playmates and people. When they return home from a day's outing, after leaving Greg with Pepino, he tells them three escaped convicts had been captured by the police at their home, and they decide it is just another one of his tall tales.
S6 Ep28
5.0
7th Apr 1963
When his house begins to rattle, George believes he has been cursed. Karen: Aneta Corsaut. Grampa: Walter Brennan. George: Andy Clyde.
S6 Ep30
5.0
21st Apr 1963
Uncle Rightly McCoy starts courting Flora, hoping she will finance his musical milker. When Luke informs George that Uncle Rightly is only interested in Flora's money, they decide to step in and break up the romance. Their scheme doesn't quite work out as they had planned.
S6 Ep39
5.0
23rd Jun 1963
Luke shoots for a fortune by selling Mama Garcia's bean sauce. Luke: Richard Crenna. Pepino: Tony Martinez. George: Andy Clyde.
S1 Ep39
5.7
26th Jun 1958
Luke and Kate join a young people's recreation group and suggest Grampa join the ""Young Old Timers."" He refuses, saying they are all old fuddy-duddies with no family interests. After consistently being left alone, he finally decides to investigate the old-timers group and is acclaimed by them as an artist at whittling.
S2 Ep33
5.7
14th May 1959
Grampa's scheme to withhold an insurance payment backfires. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Simmons: Rusty Lane. Sloane: Stanley Farrar. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S2 Ep35
5.7
28th May 1959
Grampa plans to knock Little Luke's new hero off his pedestal. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Little Luke: Michael Winkelman. Johnson: Lloyd Corrigan. Eddie: Raymond Karr.
S1 Ep12
6.0
19th Dec 1957
Grampa and Luke invite their minister to the house for dinner to help Kate get on a church committee. Before the minister shows up, Grampa has given a billboard salesman permission to use the barn roof for an advertisement for a gambling house in Las Vegas. Luke solves the dilemma by painting out some of the letters in the advertisement.
S1 Ep17
6.0
23rd Jan 1958
A hunting dog wanders onto the McCoy ranch, and when the owner, Joe Johnson, appears to claim him, Grampa tries to make a trade with him for the dog. Joe refuses until Grampa promises he will arrange a date for Joe with Flora MacMichael.
S2 Ep17
6.0
22nd Jan 1959
Trouble begins when Luke unearths a valuable prehistoric bone. Luke: Richard Crenna. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Dr. Kirkwood: Eleanor Audley.
S2 Ep32
6.0
30th Apr 1959
Grampa puts on a convincing poor act for the tax man---and the neighbors. Wells: Richard Deacon. The Rev. Mr. Bascom: Thomas B. Henry. Grampa: Walter Brennan.
S3 Ep5
6.0
13th Aug 1959
The McCoys try their luck convincing cousin Orval he's not a jinx. Orval: Sterling Holloway. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S3 Ep15
6.0
12th Nov 1959
Grampa turns matchmaker to keep alien Sam Hartunian in the country. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Sam: Jacques Aubuchon. Aggie: Betty Garde. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S3 Ep18
6.0
3rd Dec 1959
Luke tries to sweeten the McCoy bankroll---by selling barn perfume. Luke: Richard Crenna. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Sam: Jon Lormer. Dr. Thornton: Dick Elliott. Pepino: Tony Martinez.
S3 Ep20
6.0
17th Dec 1959
A newly dug ditch comes between Grampa and George (Andy Clyde). Grampa: Walter Brennan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Little Luke: Michael Winkelman. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S3 Ep25
6.0
11th Feb 1960
Luke puts up a squawk when he takes a gander at his henpecked cousin. Charlie: Hal Baylor. Ethel: Doris Singleton. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S3 Ep26
6.0
18th Feb 1960
Luke tries to make a splash with the girls at a swimming pool. Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan, Walter Brennan. Grand Pharaoh: Frank Nelson. Overland: Addison Richards. Wilson: Peter Leeds. Sam: Jon Lormer.
S4 Ep11
6.0
12th Jan 1961
The McCoys hire Nikko, a Japanese girl, to help around the house.
S4 Ep13
6.0
26th Jan 1961
The McCoys take in a city boy who is quick to abuse his privileges. Walter Brennan. Pete: Danny Richards Jr. Luke: Richard Crenna.
S1 Ep1
7.3
3rd Oct 1957
The McCoys move from Smokey Corners, West Virginia., to a ranch in Fernando Valley, Calif., which Grampa McCoy has inherited from his brother Ben. They have also inherited Pepino, a ranch hand, and they meet their neighbors, Flora and George MacMichael. But Grampa finds himself homesick for ""West Virginny.""
S1 Ep2
7.1
10th Oct 1957
The McCoys start a roadside eggstand and, inadvertently, an egg war with neighbor Harry Poulson.
S1 Ep3
7.0
17th Oct 1957
The male McCoys try to outwit the female members by using money in the cookie jar to buy a shotgun rather than a dress for Kate to attend the PTA meeting. When the men concede defeat and they buy Kate a dress, things get even worse. Fortunately, the PTA president is able to correct their choice of dress.
S1 Ep4
6.4
24th Oct 1957
The McCoys find themselves in trouble when they need $150 to meet a mortgage payment. Checking through all their wordly goods, they discover their only valuable asset is a rifle handed down to Grampa by his great-grandfather. Grampa finally decides parting with his treasure is better than borrowing money from his neighbor George.
S1 Ep5
6.1
31st Oct 1957
Grampa McCoy takes over the supervision of Hassie and Little Luke when, after getting bad grades in school, Kate starts to discipline them. He soon learns it isn't as easy as he thought and is happy to turn the job back to Kate.
S1 Ep6
7.1
7th Nov 1957
Grampa thinks he's made a sharp business deal when he sells some useless farm land, until he finds out the freeway is going through that part of their land. Luke and Kate feel Grampa has been swindled -- but Grampa's native honesty saves the day for the McCoys.
S1 Ep7
6.4
14th Nov 1957
When Grampa thinks Luke is being henpecked by Kate, Luke decides to prove him wrong—and ends up sleeping on the couch in the living room.
S1 Ep8
7.3
21st Nov 1957
Luke and Kate urge Grampa to invite Flora MacMichael as his date to attend the Valley Ranchers annual fall dance and box supper. Grampa will have none of it until he hears that Flora is the best cook in the county.
S1 Ep9
7.3
28th Nov 1957
Grampa McCoy and his archrival George MacMichael enter a fishing contest. With the discovery that California fish are elusive if not intelligent, Grampa almost resorts to cheating.
S1 Ep10
7.2
5th Dec 1957
The McCoys' neighbor Mrs Webster asks their support in her race for a seat on the City Council, but Grampa feels women have no place in politics. When he learns it is necessary to read and write in order to vote, he tries various subterfuges to pass the reading test. His innate honesty prevails, and he also assists the neighbor in her political ambitions.
S1 Ep11
6.4
12th Dec 1957
Grampa's jealousy leads him to court and a confrontation with his romantic rival---the judge. Grampa finds a stranger beating his time with Flora and takes his revenge on Flora's apple tree. When Flora hauls him into court for refusing to pay damages, Grampa recognizes the judge as the ""stranger.""
S1 Ep12
6.0
19th Dec 1957
Grampa and Luke invite their minister to the house for dinner to help Kate get on a church committee. Before the minister shows up, Grampa has given a billboard salesman permission to use the barn roof for an advertisement for a gambling house in Las Vegas. Luke solves the dilemma by painting out some of the letters in the advertisement.
S1 Ep15
6.5
9th Jan 1958
Luke becomes jealous when a photographer for a national magazine comes to their ranch to use Kate as a model and is over-attentive to Kate from Luke's viewpoint. Grampa eggs him on, and they are both humiliated when they learn the photographer is a happily married man. He tells Luke how lucky he is to have Kate for his wife.
S1 Ep17
6.0
23rd Jan 1958
A hunting dog wanders onto the McCoy ranch, and when the owner, Joe Johnson, appears to claim him, Grampa tries to make a trade with him for the dog. Joe refuses until Grampa promises he will arrange a date for Joe with Flora MacMichael.
S1 Ep18
6.6
30th Jan 1958
The McCoys are visited by Frank Goody and his attractive daughter from Smokey Corners, West Virginia. When Elvira starts playing up to Luke, Kate becomes jealous.
S1 Ep19
6.8
6th Feb 1958
When Little Luke gets into a fight after classmates call him a ""hillbilly,"" the entire McCoy family becomes involved. Grampa finally sets things right when he is asked by the teacher to address the class, and he proceeds to tell them about the ""dumb hillbillies"" who helped build the country they are living in.
S1 Ep20
7.0
13th Feb 1958
When Luke and Kate learn mailman Mr. Perkins is retiring at the insistence of his children, they decide Grampa should take things easy. Grampa feels he is not needed on the ranch, and he pretends to be ill. The family decides he is not yet ready for retirement.
S1 Ep22
7.0
27th Feb 1958
After two years of marriage, Luke and Kate go on their honeymoon. Grampa: Walter Brennan. Kate: Kathleen Nolan.
S1 Ep23
7.0
6th Mar 1958
Luke falls head over heels for a pretty swimming-pool saleswoman. Miss Eberle: Peggy Knudsen. Luke: Richard Crenna. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Grampa: Walter Brennan.
S1 Ep24
6.3
13th Mar 1958
Uncle Dave's tall tales impress all the McCoys except Grampa (Walter Brennan). Dave: Harry Shannon. Kate: Kathleen Nolan. Luke: Richard Crenna. Hassie: Lydia Reed.
S1 Ep30
7.0
24th Apr 1958
The McCoys teach a wealthy couple the joys of simple living.
S1 Ep39
5.7
26th Jun 1958
Luke and Kate join a young people's recreation group and suggest Grampa join the ""Young Old Timers."" He refuses, saying they are all old fuddy-duddies with no family interests. After consistently being left alone, he finally decides to investigate the old-timers group and is acclaimed by them as an artist at whittling.
The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus' "Westgate" company. The series aired for five seasons on the ABC-TV network from 1957 through 1962 and then for its final year on CBS from 1962 to 1963. The series, set in the San Fernando Valley of California, was filmed in Hollywood at Desilu studios.
The first episode of The Real McCoys aired on October 03, 1957.
The last episode of The Real McCoys aired on June 23, 1963.
There are 224 episodes of The Real McCoys.
There are 6 seasons of The Real McCoys.
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The Real McCoys has ended.
